As far as my diet is concerned, I am closer to a vegetarian than a carnivore. I was a pescetarian for several years until we discovered that I am carnitine deficient (this is related to my VLCADD carrier status). The easiest way to add carnitine to your diet is to eat meat, so I eat poultry again.

Anyways, I digress. I don't eat pork (or beef). I actually stopped eating most pork, with the exception of bacon, long before bacon made me cry.

So, without further ado,

The Top 5 Reasons Bacon Makes Me Cry

5 - I'll be brief about this, but let's just say that pork causes some gastrointestinal issues for me. I won't go into detail and I highly suggest you don't use your imagination.

4 - We live en route to Smithfield, VA, so I see (and smell) this a lot:

3 - Okay, I can admit that I love the taste of bacon. Sometimes I cry when I think about how good it tastes and how I don't eat it anymore. I might, one day, forget how bacon tastes and I'm not sure how I feel about that.

1 - This is what I see when I look at bacon. I can't eat that! I can throw live crabs in boiling water but all I see is a smiling piglet when I see bacon. Do you understand why this is a problem for me?